Comments on: New Articles Worth Reading http://www.israelsituation.com/2010/07/new-articles-worth-reading/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Eric http://www.israelsituation.com/2010/07/new-articles-worth-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-3995 Eric Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:43:15 +0000 http://www.israelsituation.com/?p=2476#comment-3995 Thanks for the more detailed explanation Peter. Thanks for the more detailed explanation Peter.

]]> By: Peter http://www.israelsituation.com/2010/07/new-articles-worth-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-3787 Peter Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:11:07 +0000 http://www.israelsituation.com/?p=2476#comment-3787 "Today, anyone with a Jewish mother or anyone who has gone through any Jewish conversion is eligible to move to Israel and become a citizen." The law was made broader in 1970 and includes the children of Jews on either the mother or father's side as well as the grandchild of a Jew. This is intended to protect any descendants of Jews who would have been persecuted under the Nuremberg Laws. An excerpt of the amendment to the Law of Return: Law of Return (Amendment No. 2) 5730-1970* "4A. (a) The rights of a Jew under this Law and the rights of an oleh under the Nationality Law, 5712-1952***, as well as the rights of an oleh under any other enactment, are also vested in a child and a grandchild of a Jew, the spouse of a Jew, the spouse of a child of a Jew and the spouse of a grandchild of a Jew, except for a person who has been a Jew and has voluntarily changed his religion. " http://www.knesset.gov.il/laws/special/eng/return.htm “Today, anyone with a Jewish mother or anyone who has gone through any Jewish conversion is eligible to move to Israel and become a citizen.”

The law was made broader in 1970 and includes the children of Jews on either the mother or father’s side as well as the grandchild of a Jew.

This is intended to protect any descendants of Jews who would have been persecuted under the Nuremberg Laws.

An excerpt of the amendment to the Law of Return:

Law of Return (Amendment No. 2) 5730-1970*

“4A. (a) The rights of a Jew under this Law and the rights of an oleh under the Nationality Law, 5712-1952***, as well as the rights of an oleh under any other enactment, are also vested in a child and a grandchild of a Jew, the spouse of a Jew, the spouse of a child of a Jew and the spouse of a grandchild of a Jew, except for a person who has been a Jew and has voluntarily changed his religion. ”

http://www.knesset.gov.il/laws/special/eng/return.htm

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